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Pros & Cons
Pros
Reset + reflash restores its fresh out of box performance. The web interface is easy to use and gets the job done.
Gives excellent download speeds, 5g is very fast on mobile phones. Included a pic of an enet connection to it. My 2 g speed is faster than my previous wifi / cable modem.
Cons
Asked my internet provider to activate their wifi router and got 350 mbps in 5g. There is no option to change 20/40 mhz in5g band, it always stay at 20 mhz. Cable and internet are fine, but the router isn’t communicating to the modem.
I don't know why this is still being sold, the r4500 pages on netgear make no mention of this stoppage of support. Held factory reset button for 60 second, unresponsive. Had no option to discard the the non-functioning device and write the loss off to... Read More
Why i would be charged a restocking fee for a defective product is beyond me. I definitely will not use this seller again.
The only way to enable vpn is to flash a third party software, which has the risk of bricking the router and voids the warranty. I call netgear about this, but they denied it favoring giving me instructions on how to enter a block site. The app is a j... Read More
This router continues to disappoint. At all.
Highlights
Quality
I've never had to contact netgear support so i can't speak for them, but i've been satisfied with this product so far.
Works perfect, very satisfied with this item!
Well, this device worked again as new with the different cable.
Competitiveness
Works great, she has a 4 bdrm house, easy to set up.
Their equipment crapped out within a year, after usage.
Recently, i noticed that i was getting only 20mbps download speed from my isp (via ethernet, as testing with speedtest.
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- This product had a total of 7,147 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 29 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Anyone with a beef doesnt know how to useconfigure it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have updated the firmware all 3 times
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It was kinda hard for me to set up
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Recently i noticed that i was getting only 20mbps download speed from my isp via ethernet as testing with speedtest
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I did the 303030 reset procedure and now get 120mbps download speeds
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I figure either a i had a setting in there i couldnt find to limit the speed or b the routing table had learned that the max speeds was 20 and resetting to factory defaults cleared the tables
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
No need to buy a new router especially when the warranties are only 2 years or so
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Their equipment crapped out within a year after usage
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